NPPB and diabetes mellitus: Differences in age, sex, dialysis modality, concurrent hypertension, concurrent diabetes, dialysis duration, BMI, number of parathyroid gland detected on color ultrasound, number of parathyroid gland detected on ECT, number of parathyroid gland detected through intraoperative pathology, preoperative BNP, serum Ca, serum P, TSH and AAC score were not significant upon logistic analysis (P > 0.05) (Tables 2, 3).